Comments on: Beyond Einstein, not beyond politics http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/09/17/beyond-einstein-not-beyond-politics/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gaetano Marano http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/09/17/beyond-einstein-not-beyond-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-8895 Gaetano Marano Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:10:29 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=1096#comment-8895 . (not related with this argument but related to future NASA spaceflights) I think that a (small SM, TEI-only) Orion is like a (single purpose) "CorkScrew", while, a (big SM, multi purpose) Orion may be the "SwissKnife" of space exploration since it can perform autonomous (manned and unmanned) missions also without the LSAM. I explain my opinion in details (with a curious image and a list of TEN advantages of the bigSM Orion) in my latest article [ "CorkScrew Orion or SwissKnife Orion?" ] here: http://www.gaetanomarano.it/articles/014swissCEV.html . .

(not related with this argument but related to future NASA spaceflights)

I think that a (small SM, TEI-only) Orion is like a (single purpose) “CorkScrew”, while, a (big SM, multi purpose) Orion may be the “SwissKnife” of space exploration since it can perform autonomous (manned and unmanned) missions also without the LSAM.

I explain my opinion in details (with a curious image and a list of TEN advantages of the bigSM Orion) in my latest article [ "CorkScrew Orion or SwissKnife Orion?" ] here: http://www.gaetanomarano.it/articles/014swissCEV.html

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